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December 21, 2006
Quadruple threat
Lancaster Online, December 20, 2006
All you really need to know about Joe Brenner can be boiled down to what happened when his college football team, Case Western Reserve University, played the University of Chicago back in 2004. Most times, college players just play one position. But when Brenner arrived at Case Western Reserve, a Division III school in Cleveland, he again made use of his football versatility. Read article.
December 19, 2006
Pollock paintings not so easy to spot
San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2006
Finding a Jackson Pollock painting is the art world's equivalent of a winning lottery ticket. But proving a Pollock painting's authenticity isn't easy, which is why physicist Richard Taylor's theory that the famed artist's work can be identified using fractals has stirred such interest and controversy. "I firmly believe his analysis is seriously flawed," said Kate Jones-Smith, a third-year doctoral student in physics at Case Western Reserve University. Read article.
December 06, 2006
Alternatives to coal for alternative energy
Crain's Cleveland Business (Letters to the Editor), December 4, 2006
Written by Stephen Lamoreaux, economics major, Class of 2008
Allowing the city of Cleveland to invest in a coal-burning power plant, as noted in your November 13 story, "Cleveland Public Power eyes stakes in Ohio plant," seems hypocritical in light of recent statements made by Ohio's senator-elect, Sherrod Brown, no matter how clean proponents claim it can be. If Ohio is going to become the "Silicon Valley of alternative energy," it is necessary to consider alternatives and their potential economic and environmental impacts. Ohio should look to concepts like distributed energy, the use of photovoltaic modules, and fuel cells assembled in a noncentralized method. Read article. (Subscription Required)
December 04, 2006
The case of Pollock's fractals focuses on physics
New York Times, December 2, 2006
In an article published this week in the prestigious science journal Nature, two physicists contend that a method intended to identify complex geometric patterns in the seemingly chaotic drip paintings of Jackson Pollock is flawed and may be useless in the increasingly convoluted world of authenticating Pollock's work. The article, written by a physics professor and a physics doctoral student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, provides a new twist in the mystery surrounding a group of small drip paintings discovered several years ago in a storage locker in Wainscott, N.Y. In 2004, before the examination of the disputed paintings, a physics doctoral student at Case Western, Katherine Jones-Smith, became interested in Taylor's published reports about Pollock and fractals and made the research the subject of a presentation. Read article.
November 28, 2006
Case student named Rhodes Scholar
Crain's Cleveland Business, November 27, 2006
A Case Western Reserve University student is one of 32 students selected in the United States to become a Rhodes Scholar in 2007. Shaan Gandhi, a fourth-year biochemistry and chemistry major from Battle Creek, Mich., will study at the University of Oxford to obtain his master of science in integrated immunology. Read article.
November 27, 2006
Case senior teaches other students about joys of living in Cleveland
The Plain Dealer, November 24, 2006
Jeffrey T. Verespej is much, much busier than you, but he still finds time for a nightlife. The 21-year-old senior at Case Western Reserve University is majoring in pre-law with minors in political science and German studies. The former football player still finds time to act as a campus tour guide and appear in plays. Read article.
November 21, 2006
Two Michiganders awarded Rhodes Scholarships
Detroit Free Press, November 20, 2006
Thirty-two men and women across the United States—two from Michigan—were selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2007. One of the Michigan winners is Shaan-Chirag C. Gandhi of Battle Creek, a student at Case Western Reserve University. The students will enter Oxford University in England next October. The scholars were selected from 896 applicants endorsed by 340 colleges and universities, and will join scholars selected from 13 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 85 are selected each year. The scholarships provide two or three years of study, with the total value averaging about $45,000 per year. Read article.
November 20, 2006
Rise in female and minority enrollment at Case
The Observer, November 17, 2006
According to "Minorities in Higher Education: The 22nd Annual Status Report," the enrollment of females and Hispanics in higher education institutions has increased by 51 percent, within the last decade. Case's efforts to bring in underrepresented students can be seen, as the report implies, in the increase of first-year female students. While comprising only 44 percent of last year's freshmen class, this year females make up 47 percent of first-year students. In addition, Case's campus also witnessed an increase of black first-year students. From last year, the number of black students increased by 30 percent. Read article.
November 10, 2006
Strings attached
The Plain Dealer, November 9, 2006
Take a fine violinist. Connect electrodes to her fingers, arms and shoulders. Have her play classical pieces. Record her muscle activity and transmit the readings to a laptop. "The higher the peaks and the faster the frequency, the more the muscles are working," said Katie Polafek, graduate research assistant at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center. The project's coolness extends from the Cavani and FES Center—a research consortium of the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University—to CleveMed, which develops wireless monitoring systems for neurology and rehabilitation applications. Read article.
November 03, 2006
Under 30 set makes voting a priority
Cleveland Jewish News.com, November 2, 2006
The CJN recently contacted several college students and 20-somethings to find out if they were voting in the November 7 election and how they prepared for making their choices. A self-described "political junkie," David Levine, a student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, already voted via absentee ballot. For Allison Weiss, a student at Case, voting in this election means helping out her political party.Read article.